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Advice on 2025 seasonal influenza vaccination
The Department of Health and Aged Care has shared correspondence from the Australian Government Chief Medical Officer Professor Anthony Lawler providing advice on 2025 seasonal influenza vaccination under the National Immunisation Program.
The Department of Health and Aged Care has shared correspondence from the Australian Government Chief Medical Officer Professor Anthony Lawler providing advice on 2025 seasonal influenza vaccination under the National Immunisation Program (NIP).
Key points:
- Annual influenza vaccination is the most important measure to prevent influenza and its complications and is recommended for all people 6 months of age and over.
- Influenza vaccination is particularly important for those most at risk, with the need to improve uptake in children under 5, pregnant women and First Nations people.
- Influenza vaccines can be co-administered (given on the same day) with any COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines.
- Influenza vaccines provided to Maternal women can be co-administered with the Maternal RSV vaccine (between 28-36 weeks), pertussis vaccine (between 20 and 32 weeks) COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines indicated during pregnancy.
- All vaccinations given must be recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
The CMO correspondence includes the following key documents:
- Statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on the administration of seasonal influenza vaccines in 2025
- 2025 NIP influenza vaccination program advice for health professionals
- NIP influenza vaccination consumer factsheet
Further advice and resources will be available on the Department of Health and Aged Care's website in advance of the program rollout in April.
